Another Grammar Question

[StlSluggers]

I've always wondered this..What does pwned mean?

It was a typo in a videogame when the programmer meant to say "owned", and for some reason it caught fire...

Yea its funny...Was it like warcraft or something?

A corruption of the word "Owned." This originated in an online game called Warcraft, where a map designer misspelled "owned." When the computer beat a player, it was supposed to say, so-and-so "has been owned."

Instead, it said, so-and-so "has been pwned."

It basically means "to own" or to be dominated by an opponent or situation, especially by some god-like or computer-like force.

[Half Massed]

Either will work in this case since the reader has to take what you give them.

I like that. The reader takes what you give them. Let me try this on for size:

My l77t sklz wl tak u down! Prepare to get pwnd!!!

I've always wondered this..What does pwned mean?

It was a typo in a videogame when the programmer meant to say "owned", and for some reason it caught fire...

Yea its funny...Was it like warcraft or something?

Anyways grammar is boring

amen to that.

as for the question, i think it depends on how you're saying it. because if you spell out the letter R, it starts with a vowel, hence the "an", but run obviously does not start with a vowel, so it gets an "a". no real rule for this i think, but on the bright side, i doubt it's very important.

as for the pwned thing, i always just thought it was those guys shortening the word pawned, which somehow had the meaning of owning a guy completely. good to know i had the meaning right but how it got there utterly wrong.

[Kingctb27]

Either will work in this case since the reader has to take what you give them.

I like that. The reader takes what you give them. Let me try this on for size:

My l77t sklz wl tak u down! Prepare to get pwnd!!!

I've always wondered this..What does pwned mean?

It was a typo in a videogame when the programmer meant to say "owned", and for some reason it caught fire...

Thanks, I never knew that either.

[bigh0rt]

and is always followed by a

For pets I have a donkey, a llama, and a elephant...?

I don't think so.

I've always used the word 'an' before RBI, because it sounds much smoother than 'a'.

[Lofunzo]

Either will work in this case since the reader has to take what you give them.

I like that. The reader takes what you give them. Let me try this on for size:

My l77t sklz wl tak u down! Prepare to get pwnd!!!

I've always wondered this..What does pwned mean?

It was a typo in a videogame when the programmer meant to say "owned", and for some reason it caught fire...

Any idea what game so that I can keep it away from any children??

[StlSluggers]

Any idea what game so that I can keep it away from any children??

Just look up!

A corruption of the word "Owned." This originated in an online game called Warcraft, where a map designer misspelled "owned." When the computer beat a player, it was supposed to say, so-and-so "has been owned."

Instead, it said, so-and-so "has been pwned."

It basically means "to own" or to be dominated by an opponent or situation, especially by some god-like or computer-like force.